Nancy Brownlee Ritchie was born about 1812, in South Carolina, United States. She married Christopher Columbus Black about 1832. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Arkansas, United States in 1870 and El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died on 23 July 1898, in Union, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
Scottish: from a Scottish and northern English pet form of the personal name Rich , a short form of Richard . This surname is also common in Ulster.
Altered form of German Richer 1.
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